May 21, 2012

Mis queridos familiares y/o amigos,

Here I am in La Pampa. It's basically the same as everywhere else I have been. The thing here in Argentina is that all the cities (at least those that are in my mission) are basically exactly the same. The only difference is in size. And weather.

My area is the richer area of the city though. It covers almost all of downtown and then some other areas of the city many of which are neighborhoods that aren't super super rich but still, a good half of the area is full of either very big, nice houses or businesses and several story apartment buildings. It's pretty. But slightly overwhelming.

The thing is, President Detlefsen has promised us that we can have the same success in any area of the mission. And the Lord said, "The field is white already to harvest..." I trust in that promise and am confident that if Elder Sanchez and I work hard and do all the things that we have been counseled to do by our leaders, that we can have that success that we desire. So I am really excited about it!! This time I am in a ward. However, the attendance is half the number of people that were going to church in the branch in Viedma. But it is our goal to FILL that building up.

So this week we got to work. We did service in the bishops house (we need to gain his confidence), started working with the investigators that Elder Sanchez and his last companion had been teaching, and looked for some new opportunities to teach new people and at the end of the week, we had 6 investigators in church. Legit. We had tried to baptize this 21 year old kid named Yarko (which is pronounced like Shark-o) but didn't manage to. He`ll be getting baptized soon anyway, I hope.

Anyway, Elder Sanchez is a great missionary. He has the desire to work really hard, is very obedient, and we get along very well so I am stoked!!

Plus we had quesadillas and made guacamole today. Awesome.

Anway, I'm out of time! I am going to our meeting with the District Leaders now. Unlike Viedma where there were 12 missionaries and 2 districts, here in Santa Rosa we have 5 districts and 28 missionaries. There's a lot of work to do.

I love you all! Pray for Yarko and Julieta!!

Love,

Elder Garrison